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David Martínez Martí<p>I just published <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Unhaunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhaunter</span></a> 0.3.1-beta1, my game made in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bevy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bevy</span></a> for ghost investigation. If anyone wants to play it, take a look on <a href="https://www.unhaunter.com/beta" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">unhaunter.com/beta</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - win/linux/browser - and let me know if there's anything that should be fixed before calling it stable.</p><p>As usual I did a ton of testing but some bugs are just hard to find.</p><p>The game is totally free and open source.</p>
Wandering Door Games<p>Our free and open source game "Satellite Bash" is out now!</p><p>A sentient planet minds its own business, just chilling amongst the stars. Some people didn't get the memo and are here to disrupt its zen stargazing moment.</p><p><a href="https://wanderingdoorgames.obviousgain.ca/project.html?prototype=satellite-bash" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wanderingdoorgames.obviousgain</span><span class="invisible">.ca/project.html?prototype=satellite-bash</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Godot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Godot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a></p>
onFOSS<p>Our community picks have been chosen. A tie between <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HurryCurry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HurryCurry</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/0ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>0ad</span></a> !</p><p>Don&#39;t forget. This Saturday we will have a wealth of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> gaming!</p><p><a href="https://onfoss.org/news/2025/06/04/Next-event-June-28th.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onfoss.org/news/2025/06/04/Nex</span><span class="invisible">t-event-June-28th.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSourceGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenSourceGaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PixelPusher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PixelPusher</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HyperSomnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HyperSomnia</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenHV" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenHV</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AssaultCube" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AssaultCube</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mindustry</span></a></p>
FOSS gaming<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat" class="u-url mention">@<span>zachleat</span></a></span> Hi, how are you doing? Sorry to bother you, but I&#39;ve been wondering if you&#39;re taking PRs for the 11ty-import plugin? <br />I&#39;ve submitted a change request that&#39;s been kind of blocking my website from producing useful RSS feeds, and would love to present the otherwise ready feature to my community :)<br />Let me know what you think!<br /><a href="https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-import/pull/13" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/11ty/eleventy-impor</span><span class="invisible">t/pull/13</span></a></p>
Brandon<p><a href="https://justfuckingusehtml.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">justfuckingusehtml.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
LucKey Productions<p>The latest version of Edddy (thee block-based map editor used for several LKP games) comes with a new box select tool, greatly improving the editing workflow. Copy and paste remains to be implemented, but the selection can already be deleted and limits the effect of drawing operations.<br><a href="https://luckeyproductions.itch.io/edddy/devlog/953086/selective-editing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">luckeyproductions.itch.io/eddd</span><span class="invisible">y/devlog/953086/selective-editing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/libre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LevelEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LevelEditing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3D</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Edddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edddy</span></a></p>
Simon Dalvai<p>Mission accomplished.</p><p>99Managres Futsal Edition source code is now archived on Github and hosted only on Codeberg.</p><p>FOSS should be hosted by FOSS.</p><p>This was an easy move, because I'm still the only code contributor and no issues or PRs are there. Weblate is pushing and pulling from Codeberg since day one.</p><p>I need to find a strategy to move also my other repos with some open issues but no open PRs.<br>Any ideas or experience?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>codeberg</span></a></p>
Le Bottin des Jeux Linux<p>InlineStyle <br><a href="https://gaming.inlinestyle.it/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gaming.inlinestyle.it/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"Hey folks, We’ve been working on InlineStyle Gaming, a browser-based platform where you can play a curated selection of FOSS games or play emutated content using FOSS tech like DOSBox and WMSX."</p>
Naev<p>hello mastodon.gamedev.place! just moved this account over from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@naev" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastodon.social/@naev</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ; we'll be posting update summaries and dev updates and stuff here now.</p>
FOSS gaming<p>:blobcatrainbow: :loading: :mastodance: <br />Closed pull request #28 by jazztickets. <br />Thank you for your contribution: <br />&#39;add irrlamb&#39;!<br /><a href="https://codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-data/pulls/28" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-</span><span class="invisible">data/pulls/28</span></a></p>
FOSS gaming<p>:blobcatrainbow: :loading: :mastodance: <br />Closed pull request #27 by jazztickets. <br />Thank you for your contribution: <br />&#39;add choria&#39;!<br /><a href="https://codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-data/pulls/27" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-</span><span class="invisible">data/pulls/27</span></a></p>
ROllerozxa<p>Now that I have moved from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ROllerozxa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ROllerozxa@fosstodon.org</span></a></span> to here I should maybe do a new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> post.</p><p>My username is ROllerozxa, I'm from Gothenburg, Sweden. I'm a programmer and currently studying software engineering at university.</p><p>I'm the maintainer of the now open source physics-based sandbox game <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Principia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Principia</span></a>, but you may also know me from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BoxSmasher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoxSmasher</span></a>, my work on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Luanti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luanti</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minetest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minetest</span></a>) or various other open source projects I have worked on.</p><p>Other than that I do other interesting things (blogging, archival, talking about the weather, eating soused herring, cuddling my Blåhaj, etc.)</p>
FOSS gaming<p>Oh wow, I just realized we already have passed the 100 followers mark on this account. Lovely to meet you all, thanks for following us - we&#39;re looking forward to your community contributions in our <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>news</span></a> aggregator repo:<br /><a href="https://codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-data" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-</span><span class="invisible">data</span></a></p>
F-Droid<p>The signs were in plain sight:</p><p>✅ having a dev funded to work on the Client<br>✅ our support of <a href="https://floss.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a><br>✅ <a href="https://floss.social/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a> being a key partner in <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Mobifree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobifree</span></a><br>✅ splitting client functionality into libs<br>✅ wrestling with <a href="https://floss.social/tags/targetsdk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>targetsdk</span></a><br>✅ dipping our toes into <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MaterialDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialDesign</span></a></p><p>What do all these compound to? All revealed in <a href="https://f-droid.org/2025/04/29/mobifree-client-funding.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2025/04/29/mobifre</span><span class="invisible">e-client-funding.html</span></a></p>
Gina<p>Goodmorning <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fosstodon</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a>! ☕️</p><p>Just a quick update: I still intend on continuing Fosstodon and taking over admin tasks from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention">@<span>kev</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike" class="u-url mention">@<span>mike</span></a></span>, together with some volunteers (more help is always welcome!). I spoke with K&amp;M yesterday, they&#39;re very supportive of this. We have a longer meeting planned later this week.</p><p>I was a mod here a few years ago, so I have some insight in how things work. I&#39;d like to keep things as is. I hope everyone will stay a bit longer while we work this out! 😊</p>
Kev Quirk<p>Lots of people have been asking myself and Mike for a statement on the recent drama surrounding Fosstodon. This is **MY** statement.<br /> <a href="https://kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-fosstodon-drama" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-</span><span class="invisible">on-the-fosstodon-drama</span></a></p>
Mike Stone<p>This isn&#39;t an official statement or anything, just some insight into where I am right now. Sorry, it&#39;s much longer than it needs to be, but I got off on a tangent and I don&#39;t want to rewrite it.</p><p><a href="https://mikestone.me/2025-04-28-do-what-you-love" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikestone.me/2025-04-28-do-wha</span><span class="invisible">t-you-love</span></a></p>
FOSS gaming<p>:blobcatrainbow: :loading: :mastodance: <br />Closed pull request #17 by DogmaDragon. <br />Thank you for your contribution: <br />&#39;Add Beyond All Reason game&#39;!<br /><a href="https://codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-data/pulls/17" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/FOSSgaming/pages-</span><span class="invisible">data/pulls/17</span></a></p>
gurkenlabs :idle:<p>Despite slow progress, my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss</span></a> dungeon crawling <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>game</span></a> (working title: Artifacts of Ascension) is still shaping up nicely and I&#39;ve even started working on a logo and soundtrack. Some logo elements are from the fantastic <a href="https://game-icons.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">game-icons.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>First attempt at background music:<br /><a href="https://soundcloud.com/matthiaswilke/ascension" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/matthiaswilke/a</span><span class="invisible">scension</span></a></p>
Linux ✅<p>🐧 Linux for PC-users not wanting to bow down on Microsoft</p><p>Yes folks, Microsoft 'bout to oppress even more aye:</p><p>◉Microsoft account mandatory<br>◉"A lowly user" must accept M$ tricks<br>◉Command line method (to bypass Microsoft account) will be cut<br>◉AI is integrated to Windows 11<br>◉"Recall" records everything<br>◉...information to Microsoft<br>◉Windows is full of secrets (closed source)</p><p>FInd your Linux OS today simply via browser 👉 <a href="https://distrosea.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">distrosea.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/deleteMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleteMicrosoft</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://linuxrocks.online/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a></p>